PP07: How to export parts of slide as image in high resolution?

[Tom]

Hello group!

I want to export elements on my slide to an bitmap format (e.g. tiff, jpg,
png).

Unfortunately even PP2007 doesn't have any settings for elaborated image
exports. I can't change the resolution of the output in the menus.

Some research brought me to a registry tweak. I could change the default
output resolution of a WHOLE slide up to 300 dpi (3072 pixel per side).
(for those of you intersted, go check out:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745 )

Now what I do is i export a slide in the highest resolution to PNG, then go
cropp the image so that I cut out only the things I actually want.
So far this is ok, since I get what I want.

But now my question: How can I do it more comfortably? There is the
possibility to mark and then "rightmouse>save as image", which only exports
the marked elements and would make any further cropping unnecessary.

But this ready-cropped export doesn't use the high resolution, but a
resolution which seems to be correlated to the size of the slide.
I thought ok and increased the size of the slides to e.g. A3, then exported
the elements.That would do it, only now I have another problem: Since I use
3D-elements (with shadows and bevels), those get a new proportion due to the
hughe size of the elements: The shadows and bevels shrink down to almost
invisible when the slide is very big!

So: Is there any method to tell powerpoint which resolution to take when
exporting ONLY MARKED ELEMENTS of a slide, similar to that registry tweak
which was valid FOR THE WHOLE SLIDE?

Thanx for any hint
tom

 

[young.snodgrass]

Hello Tom:

This may not help enough, but:

1. Display your slide as a PowerPoint Show (fill the screen).

2. When the slide is displayed, press Print Screen.

3. Open your photo editor (I use Microsoft Digital Image Suite) and
open a new landscape (blank photo).

4. Paste your slide into the newly made blank.

5. Edit your slide and save in the resolution you desire!

Let us know if this does the job for you?

Cordially yours,

Young

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hello group!

I want to export elements on my slide to an bitmap format (e.g. tiff, jpg,
png).

Unfortunately even PP2007 doesn't have any settings for elaborated image
exports. I can't change the resolution of the output in the menus.

You can get where you want to go with VBA, but only if you lose 2007 and switch
to an earlier version. Unfortunately, code-driven image exports are an
entymologist's playground in 2007. And from your description, apparently some
of the bugs have gotten into the non-code side (problems with shadows and
such).

Another thought, though ... what if you select and copy the stuff you want to
export, then switch to a paint program and Paste Special as PNG.